host our conversation with bill bill bennett if you're joining us on radio, check out bill bennett.com, twitter handle is at william j. bennett and among the books, the book of virtues, the children's book of virtues, the book of man, readings on the path to manhood and working on the 23rd book. guest: i guess i am. host: when is it coming out. guest: when do i get tenure, huh? it will be out in the spring, probably may. host: thank you for waiting. caller: yes, i was just amazed with mr. bennett and his lovely remarks about our president. this lovely catholic man who still loves this church, who raped and molested many children in this country and we want to have our country run by their catholic rules. well, not everybody in this country is catholic. and this country was started on the reason for people to have the choice of their own religion. not so states could choose certain religions to make our laws by. guest: well, the caller is right about the abuses in the church. they were horrible. i am a member of of -- an old friend of mine, cardinal in boston, asking him to step down. i

now i want to introduce you to bill bennett.was the man at the top of president reagan's education department. you've seen him on the show before. he's a cnn political analyst. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> great to see you, bill. you know paul ryan. i'm told he used to write some of your speeches -- >> great to be here. >> i want you to listen to what paul ryan said at the republican national convention. >> college graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life! >> bill, is paul ryan, vice presidential candidate ryan, is he really trying to tell young people it's the president's fault they're living at home? >> yeah. look, we know half of our college graduates are either unemployed or underemployed. that's a fact about the economy. what the president does or doesn't do has something to do with the economy. so, yes. he's not obviously the only factor, but we have had a rule in american politics

host our conversation with bill bill bennett if you're joining us on radio, check out bill bennett.comtwitter handle is at william j. bennett and among the books, the book of virtues, the children's book of virtues, the book of man, readings on the path to moonhood and working on the 23rd book. guest: i guess i am. host: when is it coming out. guest: when do i get tenure, huh? it will be out in the spring, probably may. host: thank you for waiting. caller: yes, i was just amazed with mr. bennett and his lovely remarks about our president. this lovely catholic man who still loves this church, who raped and molested many children in this country and we want to have our country run by their catholic rules. well, not everybody in this country is catholic. and this country was started on the reason for people to have the choice of their own religion. not so states could choose certain religions to make our laws by. guest: well, the caller is right about the abuses in the church. they were horrible. i am a member of of -- an old friend of mine, cardinal in boston, asking him to step down. it

we will hear from bill bennett next.es in our forms among our favorite speakers. we are delighted to have him come. he will be introducing our vice-presidential candidate, paul ryan, right after wards. [cheers and applause] let me mention a couple things about this great man. he has written for tv and magazine, appeared on television shows, and written 16 books, two of which, "the book of virtues" and "the children's book of virtues." they rank among the most successful selling books in the last decade. although he is known as a republican, he has crossed party lines in order to pursue common purposes. he has worked closely with democratic leaders to fight for our culture, against the decline of popular culture, and also to end worldwide religious persecution. thanks to bill bennett's brilliant mind, his writings and his speeches, he has had an extraordinary influence on america's political and social landescape. would you give a great warm welcome to dr. bill bennett. [applause] >> i'm no paul ryan, nor was i meant to b

mitt romney. >> that was bill bennett reading the statement that governor romney released.en criticized by republicans. and now it seems as we end the week several days after the statement, at least some portions of that party either trying to justify that statement or rally around governor romney. >> well, i think he's in a pretty difficult position if you consider the last few days of this. i think a lot of people thought if he had waited a few days this is a full blown international crisis. if this was something that they let play out a bit, then there might have been room for some criticism to go so immediately to politics landed him in trouble. >> they talk a lot about social issues pertaining to the elections. now it's all about foreign policy. they like the rest of american voters i believe out there still waiting to hear some specifics from governor romney especially given one of his foreign policy advisors said in an article today that the attacks would not have happened under president romney. >> here today they're trying to rally social conservative activists. pa

. >>> author and radio talk show host, bill bennett. columnist for "the washington post," and our political director, chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. this weekend i spent time with governor romney on the campaign trail for an exclusive two-part interview on the state of the race and what specifically a romney presidency would mean for the country. we met up with the romney friday in manchester, new hampshire where they began a short trip down state for an evening campaign rally in nashua. >> this economy's going to come back in a big way and you're going to see more jobs again and you're going to see rising home values again and you're going to see more take home pay again. but it is going to require me being elected and new hampshire is going to do it. >> it was a day that also saw the president in battleground new hampshire to kick off his post-convention push to election day. >> now that both sides have made their argument, there's a big choice to make. and i honestly believe this is the biggest choice -- the clearest choice of

host: paul, joining us from new york city with bill bennett, good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: sure can. caller: i want to say first of all i agree with mr. bennett on education, i think it's great he mentions the length of time teachers are actually working, but i want to ask him a question, basically two questions. one is why does america spend more on education than any other economically developed country, at least of the vast -- at least the vast majority and get less, and why do we spend so much on health care as a percentage of gdp and everything else and get so much less. guest: i don't think we get less for health care. it's the best health care in the world. now it may not be. the obama care system may wreck or system. the burdens imposed on doctors and hospitals i think will be too great. the thrust of the question is about education. we spend a lot of money because we spend a lot of money on a lot of things. i was talking to the assistant, mr. van roekel, head of the national education system, outside as we were listening, and it's very interesting that the who

washington fellow of the claremont institute, bill bennett.m the charlotte convention where he gave the democratic keynote address, welcome to the roundtable for the first time, san antonio mayor julian castro. welcome to all of you. lots to get to. not quite as much time because we had the opportunity to sit with governor romney. here was i think a key piece of news made in that interview and it had to do with an open disagreement that romney has with the republican leaders who struck a deal to extend the debt ceiling, you remember last summer, that required automatic spending cuts for defense and social programs that would take effect january 1st. this is what he said. >> this sequestration idea of the white house, which is cutting our defense, i think, is an extraordinary miscalculation. >> republican leaders agreed to that deal to extend -- >> i think it's a big mistake. i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it. i think it was a mistake for republicans to go along with it. >> and here is from the national rev

bill bennett next?ly rates and our evaluation as among one of our favorite speakers we're delighted to have. he will be introducing our vice- presidential candidate, paul ryan afterwards. although he is well known as a republican, he is often -- he has often cross party lines to pursue important common purposes. he has worked closely with democratic leaders to fight for our culture against the decline of popular culture and to end the world wide religious persecution. thanks to bill bennett's brilliant mind, his writing and speeches, he has an extraordinary influence on america's political and social landscape. ladies and gentleman, please give a warm welcome to dr. bill bennett. [applause] it is said that lincoln only read two books, the bible and shakespeare. my text today is shakespeare, all too apt, macbeth, act four, scene 3. i think our country thinks the need the yoke. it weeks, it believes, and each new day, a guest is added to her wounds. what are those loans? the men and women here before me t

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how would you like to hear from that tour bill bennett asked?rates in our valuation forums, which by the way we want you to fill out and turn in. he's one of our delighted speakers and he will be introducing our vice president candidate, paul ryan brett afterwards. [applause] that may just mention a couple things about these great men. as many of you know, come easter and for many of america's leading newspapers and magazine, also appeared on many of the nations most influential television shows and is also written and edited 16 books, two of which, the burke of virtues and the children's book of virtues rank among the most successful selling books of the past decade. although he is well known as a republican, he's often cross party lines in order to pursue important common purposes. he's worked closely with democratic leaders to fight for our culture, against the decline of popular culture and also to end worldwide religious persecution. thanks to bill bennett's brilliant mind, his writings and his speeches, he has an extraordinary influence on

in and then of course after that the after the once the reagan administration came in and put bill bennett in charge of the education department a guy who had run for president on the on the on the platform of ending the education department that we've seen now thirty years of the destruction of our education system our final comment the night comes from di no don here's what they had to say on the national debt who's going to take a bullet for reducing the debt let's see tax reform eliminate the mortgage deduction middle class rich complain eliminate the health insurance write off for businesses employees and employers complain raise capital gains upper income tax rates the rich complain they have the influence to fight it cut defense spending defense contractors claim loss of jobs cut government spending government employees complain about job loss cut in title months recipients complain initiate automatic cuts by sequester asian claims of recession so tell me who is white willing to bite the bullet. well first of all there are places in our government where we could cut and save money t

sad state of affairs there of they say they're going to do something bad well you know the same bill bennett also romney's pledge to raise military spending i think that's a disastrous policy and. i think we might even see an out and out war with iran if he gets elected you know what would that do to the price of oil what would it do to the global economy if he does so either one of the which everyone wins we've got tax hikes coming up next year. and we need to do something about the deficit i'm not convinced romney is going to do any more about a farm is that something i don't believe so where are we i don't like either of them right you know it's interesting because just anecdotally so many of the conversations that i have had recently with those people that are involved in business and finance or politics and people that aren't is that they don't feel like they have anyone to vote for you're actually in the same thing so do you think that there's a portion of the population that really is just has no where to turn when it comes to how they feel about fiscal policies how the economy is man

let's hear it for bill bennett! thank you so much.as climbed a mountain, the mountain knows that it has been climbed. he and i go back a long way. you know, i lost my dad when i was a young guy. i went through life with really important mentors. none were more important than that man you have just heard from, bill bennett. [applause] [person yelling] >> thank you so much. i appreciate your support. thank you. thank you. [croutchanding u.s.a.! ] >> it is good to be here. >> it isreysÑë c1n here. it is good to be part of a values voter summit once again. and this time, i bring greetings from the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney! [cheers and applause] in this election, millions of americans count themselves as value voters. i'm a value voter, too. in 53 days we have a choice between two very different ideas about our country. how we were meant to live, and what we were meant to be. it is the kind of choice that can never be taken for granted. peace, freedom, and civilized values have enemies in this world. as we

former education secretary bill bennett discusses the 2012 presidential campaign. eric and the washington institute has the latest on the anti-american protests in the middle east. boston journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think people like to see how politicians views have shifted over the years. whether mitt romney in 1994 was campaigning for wlefare -- welfare reform, i guess. people really like to see how these politicians have a vault -- have evolved. that isan element incredibly interesting. >> i have tried to think why is he a change so often. why he finds it so difficult to come down on one side of the issue and instead floats between both issues. >> someone running for state office for the state of the first time, those of help there is someone in la blagojevich. >> he is a trailblazer and a hero of mine. >> it is the viral part of the internet. >> more on sunday night at 8:00 on q&a. tuesday -- >> tuesday marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on america. in new york city

in 1993, former reagan education secretary, bill bennett said the ku klux klan could not design a system more harmful to children. wait a second. fast forward 20 years and the only difference is we're paying more and those kids that were in the schools in '93, are parents of kids in the school today. >> go ahead, lanny. >> we had mayoral control in chicago for 17 years. before this, we had arnie duncan and paul ball last running the schools. dai daley was in charge. if there hasn't been good progress, it's because we're doing the wrong things. >> that's not true. >> right now -- can i say something? if you look at the polling in chicago, the vast majority of voters and parents are on the side of the teachers, not the mayor. >> that goes to the stockholm syndrome that afflicts the city which is why it should be quarantined. >> you're talking politics. i can tell you rahm emanuel has very little sympathy among the parents in chicago who see that the teachers have the best interests of their kids at heart, not the mayor. >> what i do not understand, i'll be very sincere. i don't live in chi

author bill bennett, columnist peggy noonan and our political director from nbc, chuck todd.special edition of "meet the press" mitt romney's first press" mitt romney's first appearance here rachel and sam have a house. now they want a home. a home where everything feels like it's designed just for them. where the styles they love fit into the wallet they have. big or small they want furniture that makes life better. that's why they visit us. we're more than a home improvement store. we're ikea, the life improvement store. >>> good morning. let's start you off with a live look downtown. what a spectacular day out there. mainly blue skies. we've got a lot of sunshine building on in. we had a few clouds along the coast, just in the far eastern horizon. you can see a few clouds with our cold front moving off shore. as we look at hd doppler, you can see what's left of it as all. the rain showers impacted ocean city. now those are saying good-bye as well. betheined front, hp doppler looking very quiet. it's going to be a very pretty dry day. it's a good thing because we had the st

and -- [inaudible] by bill bennett. it is good to be here.s good to be part of the values voters summit once again, and this time i bring greetings from the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. [applause] in this election millions of americans count themselves as values voters. i'm a values voter too. in 53 days we have a choice between two very different ideas about our country. how we were meant to live and what we were meant to be. it's the kind of choice that can never be taken for granted. peace, freedom and civilized values have enemies in this world as we've been reminded by events in egypt, libya and yemen. we have all seen the images of our flag being burned and our enemis -- embassies under attack by vicious mobs. the worst of it, is a loss of four good men, including our ambassador to libya. they were there for the most peaceful purposes in service to our country and today, our country honors their lives and grieves with their families. [applause] all of us are watching events closely, but we know who america

the kind of conservatism i came to washington to be part of in the reagan administration with bill bennettjust so mischaracterized that and made it seem as if we're depending the 53% of the taxpayers against those 47% who don't pay any income tax. they're all victims. >> bret: so is he moving past it? one-day deal? >> of course. >> bret: or is it lingering? in your mind -- >> not lingering in my mind. >> bret: clearly it is. >> no. you asked me about it and i answered it. he should move past this and turn it in broader debate of size and scope of government. whether obama -- take obamacare. that is a word maybe the romney campaign could mention occasionally. the legislative achievement of the obama administration. that will increase the size and scope of got massively. it will make people dependent on decisions by unelected bureaucrats in washington. that's something worth criticizing. romney can move by it, having a serious policy debate on president obama policies. including obamacare. >> bret: we have much more on redistribution tape and this tape. and we're going to talk about it onlin

bill bennett live at the microphone right now and not the only one who is there. 53 days before the electionncil is gathering some of the biggest names on the far right and among them the president of that organization tony perkins seen earlier on getting to the microphone and introducing this man, rand paul. also minnesota congresswoman and former presidential hopeful herself michele bachmann speaking to the council. the group will hear from the biggest name at this conference, republican presidential nominee paul ryan who is seen here yesterday on a brief return to his current job which is still on capitol hill. he's still got to be one of those voters on particular legislation. but today he's expected to really amp up those partisan attacks on president obama's foreign policy, especially with what's happening right now across the fwloeb and that brings me to my colleague wolf blitzer who is live with me in washington, d.c. i'm expecting he will echo what his running mate mitt romney has been doing refusing to back down on the harsh critic jims how obama and the administration is handling

>> bill bennett says -- many conservatives believe him, if you keep plowing federally subsidized studentts to use in any degree they want you are just adding to a bubble of student tuition. >> federal government knows that money going to come into loans. so -- universities then raise their tuition and in anticipation -- >> the problem is the alternative. what do you do -- i thought that young woman christine was very, very ssympathetic. what do you say to a kid like that? it is not your fault when you are 18, whether your parents saved or not, whether your parents are poor enough to qualify for loans. and if if you are smart enough to get into brown university, shouldn't you be able to responsibly take on the debt to get that education? it will totally alter -- should her education be free? is that the alternative? >> should we stop the housing -- bubble -- >> what is your alternative for that young woman? >> real policy examination of what is going on. it seems to me you are right. this woman -- s.o.l. when she gets out of college. she has to work and has a huge amount of debt. >> she i

we will also be talking with bill bennett, author and radio talk-show host, who will discuss the latestments in campaign 2012 and how the unrest in the middle east has forced national-security issues into the forefront of the presidential race, and we will wrap up with eric trager, discussing the latest developments in anti-american sentiment in egypt and libya. that is coming up in tomorrow's edition of the "washington journal." we thank you for watching, and we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in just under three weeks, the first of the presidential debates. watch and engage. coming up next is -- the senate science committee holds a hearing on the future of nasa's mars rover. then government officials told a discussion on the nation's long- term fiscal challenges. after that, a look at the differences between president obama's defense policies and those of mitt romney and what each would do if elected this november.

bennett. is that the way you do it? louisiana? [laughter] >> yes. >> thank you very much. bill? it's wonderful how many people up here don't have an accent. [laughter] two or three things. first, i very much agree with bennett tim said we have a plethora of ways. the first exphiment to go big. go small, the same component, and same problem. it you do it do in a way that receives kind of support you need. if you don't have adequate size, if you don't have the right composition, and unfortunate process you don't have for all of us as citizens as investors of business who create jobs, you don't have the assurance that we're going have to have that we are going deal with this problem. if you don't solve that problem. if you keep using quick fix. you are dead. you can't get from here to there. it's a long-term problem with a long-term solution. it's going take some time to work through it. >> bring ron? >> to underscore the need to "battleship" exists. bill and i were on a committee in 1984, when we wrote the last major tax reform. reforming the tax code is vor difficult. even under c

the changes in colorado should favor the business, because the coalition michael bennett bill is theame that the president needs. maximize turnout, make sure we are communicating with them to maximize the vote, and focus on women, independent women, white women in the suburbs of denver and colorado springs. if he does that -- there was apoll after the republican to mention that still for the president leading there. >> north carolina isn't a senatorial race, it will be in two years, but what is your thoughts about the presidential race and whether obama can. again this year? >> i think he can. north carolina and virginia are permanent battlegrounds, because of the population changes in these states. they are growing states. a lot of them are entrepreneurs, from the tech industry. you have a very large and solid university system did you have a growing hispanic population in both of those states, as well as a core of african-american voters. women in those states open up the opportunity for them to be competitive and ultimately for the president to win and i suspect it will be a battl

than a quarter ended at the convention a short time ago bill clinton will make his left as is the biggest beach tomorrow night. bob jacqueline bennetthanges to the forecast as we move into tomorrow. >> a chance of thundershowers into tomorrow afternoon. temperatures are warmer into tomorrow afternoon. it will feel monday to thursday. partly cloudy conditions and a return to the normal the google summer time when our on friday with morning fog, afternoon sun and temperatures in the '70s and '80s. fog along the coast on this afternoon. as we take a wider view look, you'll notice cloud in is at the bottom of your screen. this will continue to push to the north. this is what we will see as we move into law. by noon tomorrow we will see cloudiness coming in from the south, which becomes a chance of thundershowers. well look suddenly in the north bay. by the 4:00 hour, we will see more rainfall. as we move into the 6:00 hour the activity moves through much of the no. 8. delegating moderate rainfall. by 8:00 it will this to the north even further. off as we move into their see morning, another a chance of thundershowers in fairfield. south

bill clinton. more people that can give us hope and inspiration and james bennett should write more. he's editor in chief. he's a good storyteller. >> damn good writer. where was t. boone pickens on the list? all of the way down. i hate to say this out loud. number 360. how does he do it? only $1.2 billion. you wonder how he puts food on the table. >>> mr. moderate, mitt romney, softens up his talk on the trail even while his campaign keeps up harder hits. meanwhile, it's a tale of the tape. president obama's redistribution comments from the ''90s. get more context and find out what was left out and why it matters. >>> the bowles-simpson plan falls flat. today we'll hear from the bipartisan duo who still hope that they can get this passed. >>> check this out. it has been 60 years since richard nixon's checker speech. 37th president probably had more of an effect on campaign tactics than any other modern politician in the 20th century. that speech in particular is still echoing in presidential politics today. good morning from washington. it's thursday, september 20th, 2012. this is "

we're honored today to have with us on this panel former senators bill brock, byron dorgan, and bennett johnson and former representatives dan glickman, tim roemer and john tanner. you will hear from them in just a few minutes. some of you may logically as what brings former members from both political parties together in the heat of the election. my answer is our growing concern that our nation is in a perilous fiscal position plus the seeming inability of our political parties to work together. but we're not here to preach doom and gloom and hopelessness because we believe that there are feasible and possible solutions that we can pursue to protect our children's future if we work together. to succeed, our elected leaders will have to summon more political courage and be willing to engage the public in an honest dialogue about the magnitude of the challenge and the trade-offs involved in various solutions. we will hear a lot about numbers in these forums, but this is not a complicated calculus or physics problem. it is about simple arithmetic, addition, multiplication, and far too sel

bennett. is that the way you do it in louisiana? [laughter] >> thank you very much. bill brock. >> it's wonderful how may people of your don't have an accent. [laughter] two or three things. first, i pretty much agree with bennett. kim says we've got a plethora of ways. the first commitment we have to make is to come as bennett said earlier, go big. goes welcome have the same component and same problem. if you're going to do it, do it and do it anyway that receives the kind of support you need and gets to problems. new ideas, there's some new ideas out on the table. consumption tax is being discussed in this country, but it's worth talking under the solutions. size, composition and enforcement are sort of the three essentials to make, because if you don't have adequate size, if you don't have the right composition, and if you don't have and enforcement process, you don't have, for all of us as citizens, as investors, you don't have the assurance that we're going to have to have, that we're going to deal with this problem. if you don't solve that problem, if you keep using

bennett. >> let's get to the first reads of the morning. day two will be a little bit of a split screen showdown, as former president bill clinton versus the nfl. when bill clinton places the nomination, don't underestimate the big dog, clinton has had to compete for the nation's attention before. don't forget the infamous 1997 state of the union address on a split screen with the o.j. simpson verdict. anyone who wants to rise to the occasion and compete against something, bill clinton will likely be -- also on the program, massachusetts senate candidate elizabeth warren, planned parenthood's cecile richards. one more point about bill clinton's speech, anybody who thinks that this is going to be anything other than a full-fledged endorsement of president obama's policies has spent too much time reading the "washington post." democrats top republicans on their first night because it was simply a better run tv show. did ann romney and chris christie -- as question said then, taken together it was discourse that -- miopportunity rising from humble backgrounds and the convention audience seem to be more i emotionally and more passionately domi

name's mike bennett, on behalf of my colleagues, jim kessler -- who's here somewhere -- sean gibbons and mika, welcome to another anti-politics press breakfast. before i hand it over to bill, i just had a couple of things we wanted to talk about relating to our work on national security. as mitt romney discovered on september 11th of this year, nothing has the power to shake up a presidential race like a change in national security. and that can be either an external event as we had in libya and egypt, or it can be a political mistake. i learned that the hard way when i was a junior campaign staffer working for mike dukakis and was there at the moment when he was climbing into that tank. so i'm here to tell you that you can shake up the race all kinds of ways when it comes to national security. back then in 1988, democrats were in the middle of a 30-year, 35-point deficit when it came to voter trust on national security. that security gap began in the aftermath of the vietnam war and persisted very stubbornly until about 2008 when it closed up due mostly to republican mistakes. voters were tired of the iraq war, tired of the kind of blundering that they had perceived in t

bill bennett discusses the president to campaign. and the washington institute has the latest on the anti-american protests in the middle east. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. deputy energy secretary admits there were security lapses at the y-12 national security complex in tennessee. on wednesday, he told the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations that corrective measures have been taken to prevent future incidents. officials say that in july, three individuals, including an 82-year-old nun, a past security fences and vandalize the building where nuclear material was held. this is two hours and 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. welcome our witnesses to the oversight and investigations committee. today's subcommittee on oversight investigation will review challenges to safety and taxpayers to worship in the department of energy's nuclear weapons complex. doe is responsible for maintaining the most dangerous materials on the planet, including nuclear warheads. this is one