listen to the question bob schieffer threw at robert gibbs this weekend. >> one of the refreshing changes when the president was elected, he talked about hope and change. whatever happened to hope and change? now it seems he's coming right out of the box with these old-fashioned negative ads. >> well, tim broskus is a professor of political science and economics at ucla and the author of "left turn, a liberal media bias distorts the american mind" and he joins us from l.a. where he is officially the first person up. good morning to you, tim. >> that's right. thank you, steve. >> you know, in 2008, nobody in the mainstream media said hey, what -- where's the hope and

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again, and welcome to "face the nation." senator mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate is with us this morning from louisville. welcome, senator. i want to start out with this statement by speaker boehner because last summer, when congress got itself all tangled up over extending the debt ceiling and the country was headed toward default, financial securities got their ratings downgraded, you were one of the key players, as it were, who helped structure a compromise that kept all that from happening. were you surprised when speaker boehner said now he's ready to repeat that same fight and go through this whole thing again? >> well, let's make sure we got it exactly right what happened. what the speaker and i both said last year was that if the president's going to ask us to raise the debt ceiling, we shouldn't treat it like a motherhood resolution that passes on a voice vote. we ought to try to engage and see if we can do something about deficit and debt

: senator, thank you so much, and we want to wish you the very best. >> thank you very much, bob. >> schieffer we will be back in a moment with some thoughts about memorial day. >> today is going to be an important day for us. >> schieffer: on this day, when we remember those who gave their lives for their country, let us also remember the families they left behind. in 1972, vice president biden lost his wife and infant daughter in a horrible car wreck. friday he talked to a group of military families about the kind of loss that only those who have experienced it can ever really comprehend. >> the christmas shopping and the tractor trailer broadsided them in one incident, kiltd two of them and, well, i have to tell you, i used to resent, i knew people meant well they would come up to you and say, joe, i know how you feel, right? >> i knew they meant well and you knew they were genuine but you knew they didn't have any damned idea. right? isn't that true? i mean, that, that black hole you feel in your chest like you are being sucked back into it. for the first time if my life i understood how s

now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what's ahead on face the nation.ection day. we'll talk to both sides to where they think the race stands. newt gingrich and michelle bachman who didn't get the republican nomination will be here along with democrats chuck schumer and howard dean. >> osgood: thank you, bob schieffer. we'll be watching. and next week here on sunday morning,. >> the jeopardy round is where we start as we always do. >> osgood: quiz show hosts for $400. >> first impressions from you? >> it looks terrifying. >> osgood: questions for alex trebek. hershey's air delight. experience light and airy, melty bubbles. made from pure, delicious hershey's milk chocolate. hershey's air delight. >> this sunday morning moment of nature is is sponsored by... >> osgood: we leave you this morning at the irqois national wildlife refuge in upstate new york, a courting ground for ducks. i'm charles osgood. please join us again next sunday morning. until then, i'll see you on the radio. when i found out my irregular heartbeat put me at 5 times greater risk of

now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what's ahead on "face the nation.": it's all about fallout from what the president said on gay marriage, charles. we'll hear from ted olsen, former bush administration solicitor general, massachusetts governor deval patrick, tony perkins of the family research council, and american idol singer clay aken among others. >> osgood: a cast of thousands this morning. thank you, bob schieffer. we'll be watching. and next week here on sunday morning? ports of call. in the middle of nowhere,rentat is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ and many allergy medicines. the difference is claritin clear. claritin gives me powerful relief that won't make me drowsy like zyrtec can. in fact, it warns drowsiness may occur right on the lab

speaker of that struck out of the presidential race and will campaign with romney but gingrich told bob schieffer will not be his running mate. >>> you've known me a long time to pick me to be a running mate i am my own age and >>> the former massachusetts governor needs more than 200 delegates to clinch the republican nomination. the president officially launched his reelection campaign in ohio. >>> if people ask what this campaign is about tell them it is still about hope, then tell them still about change >>> president obama's running mate but the issue of same-sex marriage. joe biden spoke in support of the union >>> i am comfortable with the fact that men in marin man and women married women are entitled to the same rights. >>> but the president sets policy and not sure if the administration would legalize same-sex marriage in a second term. >>> president obama has called france's new president elect in winning today's election. france what holland is urging national unity after a bitter campaign against nicolas sarkozy. he rallied against austerity measures and urges national unity. greeks

of the presidential race last week and says he'll campaign with romney, but gingrich told cbs's bob schieffer, he won't be his running mate. >> would you be interested? >> bob, you've known me a long time. would you pick me to be vice presidential nominee? i mean, i'm so much my own agent, it would be -- it's inconceivable. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor still needs more than 200 delegates to clinch the republican nomination. the president officially launched his re-election campaign this weekend in ohio. >> if people ask you what this campaign is about, you tell them it's still about helping. you tell them it's still about change. >> reporter: president obama's running mate brought up the issue of same-sex marriage. sunday vice president joe biden support in some of the unions. >> i'm absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women are entitled to the same exact rights. >> reporter: but biden says the president sets policy and wasn't sure if the administration would push to legalize same-sex marriage in a second

from cbs. >> bob schieffer coming out and the host don't usually make the news here but bob schieffernt right after robert gibbs, his guest yesterday and wanted to know whether or not hope and change has been thrown out the window in favor of these attack ads on bain capital. take a listen. >> one of the refreshing changes when the president was elected, he talked about hope and change. whatever happened to hope and change? now it seems like he's coming out of the box where these old-fashioned negative ads. >> interesting. >> doesn't give their opinions, right? whatever happened to home and change? and now he's using the word forward, you know, we saw the banners, saw the banners change four years ago and now we're seeing, apparently we're going to see forward. >> stick with us, right? we're coming out of this recovery slowly is what the obama administration -- the obama administration is saying. we're going forward, we're leaning forward. it sounds very similar to another network's slogan as well. >> then robert gibbs said yeah, we are not stopping the bain attacks. this is what the

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here is bob schieffer of face the nation. >> did you think the republican party moved far right for itson: that is a question he asked peggy noonan. let's talk about it with jim pinkerton, contributing editor and writer for. alan colmes host of alcan combs radio show. there is another example we'll play, jim. but what do you see the sunday chat shows. >>> to be honest i see mostly liberal movement but not left-wing conspiracy but movement of people like bob schieffer and david gregory look, to the guest, don't you agree the republican is bunch of nuts. that is a planned assumption in the question frankly whether or not the reviewer, the pardon me, the person answering the question agrees with it or not the fact that the question says it raises issue in the minds of listen at home in the audience and i think that is kind of the goal. jon: i suppose alan does think the republican party is bunch of nuts. >> some them. just like some people on all sides are nuts but nobody we know, right? so, fairness and accuracy in reporting study show 70% of the guests between 2011 and february of this y

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again, and welcome to "face the nation" on this mother's day. we're going to hear many voices on this issue of gay marriage, same-sex marriage, this morning. but we're going to begin with massachusetts governor deval patrick, in richmond, massachusetts, and former bush administration solicitor general, ted olson, who joins us from ellison bay, wisconsin. gentlemen, a gallup poll out friday shows 60% of americans say the president's support for same-sex marriage will have no impact on whether or not they'll vote for him, versus 26% who say it will make them less likely to vote for him, and 13% who say they are more likely to vote for him because of this announcement. i want to go first to ted olson, the kiest's conservative, the founder of the federalist society, george bush's solicitor general, but you, mr. olson, joined with david boy, to argue in federal court that california's ban on day marriage should be overturned, a case that may well go now to the supreme court.

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again, and welcome to face the nation. we begin this morning with two former republican candidates, the former house speaker newt gingrich and congresswoman michele bachmann. mr. gingrich, why don't we just start with you. was it worth it? >> oh, i think as a citizen, sure. i had a chance to go out and explain what i would do and how i'd do it, and calista and i got to meet thousands of people who were very positive, and hopefully i made some positive contribution to the dialogue and proposed some very big ideas that i think over the next five or 10 years, some of them will actually become law. it's part of the process of citizenship alive and do you think-- because many times during the campaign, you were all over mitt romney for claiming he was a conservative, and you said he wasn't. do you think he would have been better off, or would be better off noto simply concede that he say moderate? i mean, is that a bad thing to be known as a moderate? >> look, we had a v

joining us now host of "face the nation," bob schieffer. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think of the battle of the obama campaign and the romney campaign. >> we are where we are in terms of politics. you know, charlie, i think most people understand that mitt romney is not the robert barron that the democrats would have you believe, nor is barack obama the socialist that the republicans would have you believe, but, you know, the obama campaign has done just what cam pans do on this. they've polled on this. they're vulnerable. will it continue? i think we'll find out from the polls this week. i'm told over 4,000 people have seen this ad on line. by the end of the week, the obama people think it's going to really begin to resonate. if it does, they'll continue this. and if it doesn't, they'll dial it back. that's just how it is in american politics today, but i mean excuse me for trying to see the bright side. we saw this, charlie. we saw the republicans roundly denounce the plan they had to launch this race-baiting campaign to

with us now, chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation," bob schieffer. good morning. >> hey. >> so tell me what you think of this battle between the obama campaign and the romney campaign on the issue of private equity? >> we are where we are in the era of negative politics. i think most people understand that mitt romney is not the robert barron that democrats would have you believe nor is barack obama the european socialist that the republicans would have you believe. you know, the obama campaign has done just what campaigns do. they polled on this. they think that romney is vulnerable here. will they continue? i think that depends on what they find out from the polls this week. i'm told that 400,000 people have now seen this ad online. by the end of the week, the obama people think it will really begin to resonate. if it does, they'll continue this and if it doesn't, they'll dial it back. that's just how it is in american politics today. excuse me for trying to see the bright side here. we saw this week republicans roundly denounce a plan that some re

bob schieffer, thank you very much. this sunday on "face the nation, bob talked with newt gingrich, also michele bachmann who's expected to endorse romney. check your local listings. >>> shock and grief this morning among football plans and fans over the apparent suicide of junior seau. his body was found wednesday in his california home. as john blackstone reports, the future hall of famer died with no real explanation. >> reporter: in a 20-year career in the nfl, junior seau made more than 1800 tackles, becoming one of the most feared linebackers in the game. with news of his death, family and friends gathered in shock at his home north of san diego. where his mother's grief overflowed. >> but i pray to god, please, take me. take me. leave my child. but it's too late. too late. >> reporter: seau was found with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. >> this case at this point is being investigated as a suicide. >> reporter: there was no suicide note but seau's ex-wife texted simply, i love her

, on face the nation, former republican candidates in new gingrich and michele bock and joined bob schieffer this morning. what do they think that mitt romney needs to do? that will be on face the nation at 830 here on cbs five >> french president nicholas sarkozy is at risk of losing his job after one term. people across france are voting right now in a presidential runoff election. he is going head-to-head against the socialist challenger who is favored to win. nicholas sarkozy was behind his opponent by a half million votes in the first round of voting. the new russian president will resume his duties. vladimir putin will be sworn into office tomorrow at the kremlin. he stepped aside in 2008 after eight years of president. the outgoing president is said to become prime minister. three pilots who took part in world war two attack on tokyo helped commemorate the anniversary. >> the festivities were held on the uss hornet in alameda this weekend. the pilots were known as doolittle's raiders after the general who planned and led the mission. >> the odds were so bad, i didn't expect to survive

overall >> the attorney who is trying to overturn california's ban on same-sex marriage will join bob schiefferxt hour on this c.w. network, a big boost in job hunting teams in the bay area. that is on cable 12 in just a few minutes >> face the nation is next year on cbs five. >> have a wonderful day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

joining us now live is the host chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. o see you, bob of the this race is getting tighter by the day. polls show the president and governor romney in a virtual tie this month. i want to ask you according to this new washington post abc news poll out today it appears government romney is doing better with blue collar workers, white workers who are struggling financially. what do you make of this and what could this mean for the president? >> this is about the way the election last time shook down. white blue collar workers favored john mccain. this is just almost a replay of what we saw that time around, but you're right. this thick is really at this point too close -- thing really at this point is too close to call. these polls are all over the place in some of them you have romney with a slight heed. in another you'll see president obama with a slight -- slight lead. in another you'll see president obama with a slight lead. the other part of it is the tighter it has gotten, the nastier it seems it has become. from the begi

withdraw troops from afghanistan by 2015 >> ky senator mitch mcconnell and mark warner joined bob schieffer the nation >> that is coming up next in our news continues on to c.w. network. why thousands of commuters need a new game plan for busy san francisco streets and a lot more going on, channel 44 cable 12 starting in just a couple of minutes. a live look now in downtown san francisco, a gorgeous morning, temperatures ranging from the upper 60s to the low 80s eat eventually today. most everywhere in the bay area is around the high fifties right now and we may see a cooling trend starting tomorrow >> a rare event in space today >> the moon is passing in front of a son creating a solar eclipse known as the ring of fire. it happens at 633 this evening but do not look at it with the naked guy. the best ways to watch our with a welder's lands or a pinhole viewer or you can watch it on television because we will be playing it live here on cbs 5 at 630 tonight. enjoy your lovely,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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bob schieffer asked you if you thought homosexuals were born that way or became that way. >> yeah. >> and you said you didn't know. >> right, i don't. >> so the possibility -- it's a nature/nurture argument. so the possibility exists in your mind that it could be nature? >> sure. >> so how can we deny them rights in any way to a civil union that would give them the same economic rights or health rights or other things? >> well, i -- i -- i don't think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement if that's what a state chooses to do so. >> that was george w. bush in 2004 saying that he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples. 2004, the last republican president. the current republican nominee for president is against that. >> i think people have differing views on marriage and i respect people's different views. i'm in favor of traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. and i don't favor civil union or gay marriage. >> we think of the country as getting less anne-gay over time, but for the top tier of republican politicians, they are getting more a

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listen to the question bob schieffer threw at robert gibbs this weekend. >> one of the refreshing changeslked about hope and change. whatever happened to hope and change? now it seems he's coming right out of the box with these old-fashioned negative ads. >> well, tim broskus is a professor of political science and economics at ucla and the author of "left turn, a liberal media bias distorts the american mind" and he joins us from l.a. where he is officially the first person up. good morning to you, tim. >> that's right. thank you, steve. >> you know, in 2008, nobody in the mainstream media said hey, what -- where's the hope and change? you're going to follow through on that. and now they're saying what happened to the hope and change and the campaign for the president is a little surprised they're getting pushback from the mainstream media. >> that's right. as you mentioned, you saw that clip from bob schieffer, cbs news so it's not just talk radio and conservative media outlets. it's actually mainstream outlets. last week, he had something from "new york" magazine where the subtitle of